Chapter XXXVIII
An army must have a goal at every stage of a war, or a strategy, and this strategy directly determines what the army needs to do in the next period of time, how to do it, what kind of goal they need to accomplish, all of this must be formulated, even if it is resting, the army must have such a goal, otherwise, the army that is separated from the strategic guidance is extremely prone to many things, these things can be big or small, the big one will lead to the loss of the army's combat effectiveness or even the loss, and the small one is just a few people fighting a dozen times。 And the strategy at each stage will be the strategy determined by the command's judgment on a war. For example, if the war lasts for a period of time, at this time the army needs to replenish weapons and equipment, replenish personnel, and personnel need to rest, then at this time, as a commander, the battle of the entire war must be decisively stopped, because at this time, it means that the army's battle has reached the peak of the battle, and if the battle continues, then the entire army will form a defeat, and everything gained will be lost, because no matter how strong the army, it will face such a problem, without exception.
So when they heard Kong Ming say that they needed to adjust their strategy, everyone looked at it, the results of the expeditionary force in the past few months were very brilliant, compared to Zhongzhou, who was directly facing the main force of the demon world, their life was very comfortable, they were all small battles, there were not much fluctuations, but even so they still achieved more brilliant results than the frontal battlefield, because their combat frequency was high and their movements were neat. In this way, it is difficult to think about the results of the battle, but it makes the soldiers of the expeditionary force more confident in the battle against the monsters. But there are also a lot of impatience, and some people even clamore for a direct attack on the small world. After that person's words were heard by Sora Ming. Directly found him and scolded him, and then asked them to take three people to reconnoiter directly near the small world, and when the benevolent brother came back from reconnaissance, they were all a little stupid, because he saw dense monsters near the exit of the small world, and the fluctuations of the strong even obscured the entire sky. At that time, the brother was scared stupid, and of course, the command of the expeditionary force also discovered a fact, that is, the other party directly deceived all the reconnaissance equipment set up there by the expeditionary force, and all the news that came was inaccurate. At this time, the command of the expeditionary force needed a completely new strategy. to guide future battles.
"Oh, what kind of action do we need?" Li Feizhi asked, he had partnered with Kong Ming for more than ten years, and he already knew each other very well, so his question like this was not so much to ask himself, but rather to support Kong Ming's sentence, let Kong Ming think about it, and finish the next sentence.
"Hmm, everyone, look!" Kong Ming stood up and walked to the front of the military map, and the entire battlefield of the Demon Domain was marked on the entire map. And because it's a magic effect, it changes every ten minutes to show the latest detected situation. Everyone was focused all at once, and the people in front of the map were looking at the map. And the people behind all stood up, you must know that most of the people in this are Venerables, and some of them are even gods. Such a short distance is not a problem for them to see and hear at all, but. For the sake of re-enactment, or rather, they have been accustomed to this practice before. So they stood up, and all the people looked at the map. Kong Ming casually took the command whip from the staff officer's hand, pointed directly to the location of the exit of the small world of the Demon Domain, and said:
"Before, one of our brave soldiers went directly to this vicinity to conduct a brave reconnaissance, and the result of the reconnaissance was to gather a large number of monsters at the exit of the small world, which I believe everyone knows, and it also proves one point, that is, those magic equipment we have in the demon domain are no longer safe, at least near the exit of the small world, because they can no longer provide us with accurate information, or rather, the information they provide us needs to be suspected, so from today onwards, all our intelligence needs to be analyzed in combination with aerial reconnaissance and ground reconnaissance, and obtainedTo put it bluntly, that is, our activities in the Demon Domain are no longer as random as before, you must know that without timely and accurate intelligence support, our army is a blind man in the Demon Domain, just a piece of meat placed on the monster's mouth, and you can eat it whenever you want. So brothers, we must withdraw from the Demon Domain now, and it's time to withdraw. ”
"Commander, if we withdraw now, then the monster can free up his hands from the west side of the Demon Domain, draw more troops, and move in the direction of Zhongzhou, in that case, the Zhongzhou side will definitely be under more pressure, and at that time, will the Zhongzhou defense line be in danger of collapsing?" Zhang Yiming said leaning against a table.
"The transfer of pressure is necessary, even if we don't withdraw, in the future, in order to reduce the interference from our army, the monsters will definitely carry out a sweep on the west side of the demon domain, the area where our army operates, and at that time it will be very passive for us. Zhuge Yibu said on the side. In the past few months, the actions of the expeditionary force have played a very important impact on the monster strategy, if the expeditionary force is allowed to go on like this, they have no way to draw more troops from the exit of the small world and put them on the frontal battlefield in Zhongzhou, then even if they break through the defense line of Zhongzhou, the results achieved will not be too great, not only that, the actions of the expeditionary force are still weakening the strength of the monsters, this kind of soft knife cutting flesh, sometimes more painful than a hard knife.
"Well, from the point of view of intelligence, the change of the enemy is also a matter of the past few days, in other words, that is, the local intelligence at the exit of the small world is no longer credible, but the local intelligence can still be trusted, so I think this retreat may be slower. Sima Wei opened his mouth, the intelligence of the entire Demon Domain is controlled by him, and he knows almost every bit of change in the military situation of the Demon Domain, and the previous reconnaissance was also after he and Kong Ming mentioned the change in the enemy situation, Kong Ming arrested the unlucky guy to do it, and then in order to determine the authenticity of this matter, Sima Wei also sent more than ten teams of people to conduct serious and careful reconnaissance around the exit of the entire small world, otherwise there is no way to determine the whole thing, after all, intelligence work is a very dangerous thing, and the right and wrong in this aspect have a very important impact on the actions of the entire army。
"If according to Minister Sima, then we should still have a buffer time in the Demon Domain. Yun Pingtai said in a deep voice. Now the battle of the expeditionary force in the Demon Domain is the time when the most results have been cut, if it is not for the extent to which Kong Ming controls the entire battle, I believe there will be more results, and this is where many people have some opinions about Kong Ming, after all, in the face of interests, not everyone can stay sober.
"You all have a point, my decision to withdraw from the Demon Domain is not only based on this aspect, but there are other reasons in it. Kong Ming said. Of course, inaccurate intelligence will have a lot of impact on the army's actions, but these alone are not enough for Kong Ming to make a reason to retreat, as Sima Wei said, incorrect intelligence is limited to a small range, so in everyone's opinion, this is not worth worrying about, at least not now, if Kong Ming can't come up with more reasons, even if these people carry out Kong Ming's order, there are many complaints.
"The first reason has been said, that is, intelligence is no longer our reliance on the enemy, so we have to change our strategy; the second reason is that due to the continuous intervention of other forces in Zhongzhou, the battle between immortals and demons will become more and more intense, so we must withdraw from the battle between the two at this time, otherwise, we will become a sword in the hands of immortals, I said, I am not afraid of the battle with monsters, but, for the battle with immortals, we don't have so much foundation, after all, there is one thing that everyone knows now, that is, when there is no disease and no disaster in the fairy world, you can become an immortal in a few decades, even if there is no exercise, the conditions are there, I can't help but think about this aspect, in other words, Zhongzhou is fully capable of raising a powerful, mainly immortal-based army in a short period of time, and this has to be guarded against. Kong Ming said.
"Commander, can I ask?" said Zhuge Yibu with some strange words.
"Ask what?" Kong Ming looked at Zhuge Yibu, and some not-so-good thoughts popped up in his heart, wanting Zhuge Yibu to speak, but the words had already been spoken.
"You seem to have a lot of precautions against Zhongzhou, especially for the immortal world, can I ask why?" Zhuge Yibu saw that Kong Ming did not refuse, so he asked directly. When the other people heard Zhuge Yibu's words, they also felt that there were some impressions in their hearts, as if Kong Ming was not very good at the image of the fairy world.
Seeing the way everyone looked at him, Kong Ming shook his head and said, "This is not that we have an opinion on the fairy world, after all, we are not qualified to have an opinion on the fairy world. Kong Ming smiled, and the other people also laughed when they heard it, what Kong Ming said was not wrong, none of them were qualified to have an opinion on the fairy world, because their level was not yet up to that point, they were not strong people like God Venerable Dao Ancestor, they could change a realm, what opinions could they have? Zhuge Yibu could only laugh dryly.
"What I have an opinion about is that the four major sects in Zhongzhou, those sects that are suppressed at the top of the entire Zhongzhou and the immortal sects behind them, it is they who really connived at the outbreak of this demonic tribulation, and it is they who let countless civilians in the demon domain fall into a mortal situation. Since they are all conniving, there is no need for us to prevent disasters for them, since they don't cherish it, and they still have to play tricks in this situation, we don't need to play with them any means, let's just quit. Kong Ming explained.
When everyone saw Kong Ming say this, they were relieved, of course, for Kong Ming, it was okay if they didn't understand.
"Okay, then our troops will completely withdraw from the entire Zhongzhou mainland, except for the necessary reconnaissance and the first island chain to conduct vigilance, the rest of the people will withdraw to the West Island and several large islands west of the West Island, we need to rest for a while. Kong Ming said. (To be continued......)